Witnesses said that William Wesley Neall III had been acting erratically most of Thursday, banging on doors and yelling profanities in the 600 block of Belle Dora Court in Arnold, police said.

As an officer waited for backup outside Neall's home, he came out pointing a loaded Winchester 12-gauge shotgun at the cop. The officer drew his weapon and ordered Neall, 46, to put his gun down, which he did, according to police.

A 31-year-old man who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Baltimore after he pleaded guilty to possessing 5.9 grams of marijuana won an appeal Wednesday invalidating the plea — raising the possibility that he will be released.